Images of All
Standing Lighthouses in the U.S.
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Our current project is scanning and
saving digital images of archival lighthouse photos to share with the
lighthouse community.
In April & May, 2007, we
went to Wash. DC to
continue scanning at the Coast Guard Historian's Office. I believe
we have over 3000 photos of lighthouses from that office. We have
been there three times now with help from a grant. Although we
thought we would not be able to go back due to dwindling funds,
thanks to Candace and Mary Louise Clifford, we were able to go back
in May (a fourth trip) and pretty much finish our scanning there.
I wouldn't mind spending 2
or 3 more days in that office... there are a few more photos I'd
like to scan, but I believe I have most of the important archival
lighthouse photos in their files.
(NOTE: we share all our scans
with the CG Historians Office.)
We were able to get a nice
amount of funding, but still we had to reach into our funds to be
able to eat and travel the Metro. To go on these trips I also
sold personal items and my own collectibles on ebay as well as
having a garage sale.
My daughter Colleen and I also
spend one day at Archives II in College Park MD, where the photos
are kept. Although it was a learning experience, we were not
able to accomplish much on our first trip. Hopefully we will
go back.
I have also in the Fall/Winter of 2007, been to the National
Archives in Seattle and San Bruno California and have scanned the
small amount of lighthouse photos that each office has.
We also desperately need
an multimedia projector (or if you have an old one anything
that will serve) to give PowerPoint presentations and lectures to
groups and schools. Optimum would be an XGA projector, any
brand. We have had to turn down chances to speak to children
and other groups because we lack a projector.
At this point, we and our
nonprofit, Lighthouse Archives have run out of money.
We need help.
We are also working on a
print book and
have finished a "FlipBook" (on cd) of
Lighthouses of Puerto Rico.
(Faros de Puerto Rico).
We need to
go back, to re-shoot many of the changes that have taken place since we
were there in Jan. 2000. We need help with the cost of going there.
We figure with airline fares from Fort Walton Beach to SanJuan, lodging
and food for a week and a driver, it will cost around $3500-$4000. We are
willing to stay in cheap places, eat at inexpensive places to get the job
done.
(We have been know to eat Cuppa Noodles in our travels to save money.)
CAN ANYONE HELP?
WE have self published our
four books:
"List of All Existing
U.S. Lighthouses"
"Lighthouses of the Hawaiian Islands"
"Lighthouses of Florida"
&
"Lighthouses of Alaska"
We have
started work on:
"Lighthouses of Puerto
Rico"
(Los Faros de Puerto Rico) This could be a
very special book, as there is not much current information out there on
these lighthouses. The only way we can publish this book is if we can
find a publisher, a backer or a grant. If anyone has any ideas, we would
appreciate it.
We are gathering archival photos to go with our photos.
We are
also working on:
"Lighthouses of North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia"
again, due to finances, this book may never be printed.
We have all the material for MANY more books, but we are not able to come
up with the money to publish the next ones.
